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About Rocky
I’m Rocky and, just like raccoons, I love my food; I just don’t wash it before I eat it. I have the cutest little overbite and my tongue is a bit funny at the tip but nothing gets in the way of my enjoyment of food and treats. Because I love treats so much, I’m easily motivated by them and really enjoy training and learning new things. It’s all play for me which is why I’m so good at it.
I’m also an extremely happy boy and love nothing more than making my people happy and being a big old lovebug. I’ve got the waggiest tail and even wagged so hard a bit at the end came off but I think it only makes me more interesting. When I’m super happy, I do a full body wag which looks like I’m dancing.
I’m only two years old and still a bit of a goofball so I can get excited about things I like, like going in the car or on walks or playing games, but I know that when I’m inside it’s time to chill out and go to my bed if I’m asked to. I might be a bit clumsy from time to time so it’d be good if I wasn’t around small children or animals. I am a little quirky…for instance, I think ice cubes are terrific and if you’re getting some out of the freezer, I’ll wait to get one. Also, when I get excited, I like to have a toy or something in my mouth, sometimes even when I go out for my morning wee.
The best thing you’ll find is that my love for life, my happy heart and my smoochy nature are totally infectious.
No cat or small dog applications please.
No children under six.
No full time workers unless working from home or there is another dog
We only consider applications who compete our online application.
When this is done we can make contact to discuss adopting a greyhound and potential suitable greys currently in foster care.
Adoption details
Dogs are pack animals and Greyhounds, in particular, are very familiar with being surrounded by other dogs in their racing kennel environment. For this reason, when left alone without people or other dogs for company, they can be prone to separation anxiety which can manifest in destructive and/or noisy behaviour. Yes, they may "grow out" of it after a few weeks in their new home, but why put the dog through that stress to ultimately live all day alone, while everyone is at work? As a result we do not rehome dogs into households where they are left on their own for more than 4 hours per day, without either people or another dog for company.
During the COVID crisis, not all of our rescued Greyhounds will have the usual socialisation with other dogs so we may advise to use a muzzle in some situations until the dog is fully socialised.
Contact Gumtree Greys by email: gumtree.greys@gmail.com
Following your initial application, we conduct a home check. Our dogs are placed on a two week trial. The adoption fee is paid at time of placement and reimbursed if the trial is unsuccessful.
After the trial period is deemed successful, the adoption process is finalised.
This pet has been adopted and found love with its new family.
The rescue group has removed this pet and it is no longer available for adoption.
The rescue group is no longer taking adoption applications for this pet.